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Nutrients to Help Make Serotonin to Help Improve Mood and Sleep In today's blog, I am going to share with you the natural ways to boost your serotonin levels and other alternatives. Let's talk about nutrients to help support serotonin levels. Click here to consult with a functional medicine doctor to... Read More
Effective Ways to Increase Your Vitamin D Levels Back in the 1980s, a guy named Edgar Hope-Simpson proposed that a seasonal stimulus was intimately associated with seasonal epidemic influenza. Long story short, winter comes and then all of the sudden viruses become more of a prevalent issue. There... Read More
The Top 5 Reasons Why Your Estrogen Levels are High – Men & Women! Let’s talk about the top 5 reasons why your estrogen levels are high. We’re going to break them down today. WHAT ARE ESTROGENS? First, let’s look at the 3 major kinds of estrogens: E1 or estrone, E2 or estradiol, and... Read More
Top 5 Warning Signs of Hormonal Imbalance Let’s talk about hormones. I'm going to dive into a couple of clinical pearls that I see in my practice from working with hundreds of female patients and male patients which have a major effect on modulating and supporting hormonal... Read More
How To Enhance and Support Fertility with Functional Medicine | Podcast #332 There are two main methods for getting pregnant and if you've struggled with conceiving then you've likely looked into and/or pursued traditional medicine. This doesn't necessarily make you healthier, but your doctors will try to change your hormones to encourage... Read More
The Root Causes of Constipation & Slow Motility | Podcast #331 Wouldn’t it be easy if you could blame your constipation on one thing? While that typically isn’t the case, your irregularity could be pointing to either one or multiple causes. Let's watch and listen to Dr. J and Evan here,... Read More
The Gut Skin Connection – How Your Gut Health Can Impact Your Skin | Podcast #330 The gut and skin enjoy a constant dialogue via what has become known as gut-skin axis. In this video, Dr. J and Evan are discussing that while symptoms of gut health issues can be incredibly varied, the skin is often... Read More
Natural Solutions to Address POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) | Podcast #329 POTS is a known blood circulation problem indicated by two elements: a specific group of symptoms that constantly happen when standing. A heart rate suddenly increases from horizontal to standing (or as tested on a tilt table) of at least... Read More
How to Address Your Fatigue and Gut Symptoms via Organic Acid Testing | Podcast #328 Hey, guys! In this video, Dr. J and Evan talk about addressing gut symptoms via organic acid testing. To start with, Organic acid testing (OAT) became very popular amongst functional medicine doctors and dietitians. It is a urine-based test that... Read More
Investigating Your Adrenal and Hormones With a DUTCH Test | Podcast #327 In this video, Dr. J and Evan talk about the adrenal glands in our body - to produce certain hormones directly into the bloodstream. These hormones will respond to stress and other necessities to our existence. Also, they are discussing... Read More
Role of Functional Medicine in Mental Health | Podcast #326 As an adult, maybe you’re struggling with some of these symptoms yourself, things like anxiety, perhaps depression or mood issues, those types of things. Or many of you have kids with these types of mental health symptoms and problems. Functional... Read More
Low Serotonin Signs, Symptoms and Natural Solutions | Podcast #325 Serotonin deficiency has common symptoms, including low mood and poor sleep quality. Most of the time, taking antidepressant medications called selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can improve serotonin deficiency symptoms. So in this podcast, Dr. J and Evan talk about... Read More